6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at The Beer Junction, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma has straw, biscuity malt, and grassy hops. Flavour has fairly bright grassy hops, straw, and biscuity malt. Clean and bright. Pleasant.
Tried
from Draft
from
The Beer Junction
on 05 Apr 2026
at 06:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
Clear, bright, dark brown colour with a small beige head; aroma of milk chocolate, hint of soy sauce; somewhat smooth palate; balanced flavor with a long, light bitter sweet finish, very nice
Tried
from Can
from
New Seasons Market - Fisher’s Landing
on 02 Apr 2026
at 01:57
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Dark brown. Thin head. Thin head. Has a dry, slightly toasty aroma, with some bitter chocolate. Comes across thin, but some decent maltiness. It's dry, but for balance this could benefit from sugars. The toastiness is decent, with a bit of bready notes. Finishes with medium bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Mar 2026
at 03:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
473mL can, pours a deep dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma has toasted malt, a hint of cocoa, and dry bready malt. Flavour is gentle, with toasted malt, a tiny hint of cocoa, and light earthiness. Not much body, even for the style, but this is pleasant enough.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Mar 2026
at 03:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
473mL can. Pours dark brown with a beige head. Toasted bready malts on the nose. Flavour has dry bready malts, gentle roast. Moderate body. Simple, but nicely executed.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Mar 2026
at 23:40
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
16 oz. can, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Nose has some spiciness from the rye, piney hops, and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is biting, with lots of piney hops, light rye-like spiciness, and a thin, crisp biscuity malt backbone. Dry, piney, spicy, crisp finish. Very nice westie with subtle rye spiciness. Excellent as usual from Hetty Alice.
Tried
from Can
from
The Beer Junction
on 28 Jan 2026
at 04:26
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 oz. can, pours a clear golden with a medium white head. Aroma is full of tangy hops, melon, pine, and biscuity malt. Flavour is full of bright, melony hops, some citrusy tang, and bright pine. Bitter, piney, and tropical. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
from
Chuck's Hop Shop - Greenwood
on 23 Jan 2026
at 06:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
16 oz. can, pours a clear copper golden with a medium white head. Nose is full of tangy hops, light pine, some allium, and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is big citrusy hops, some allium, light hop tang from the Krush, and biscuity malt. Citrusy finish, with a bit too much allium, but clean and vibrant. Very good.
Tried
from Can
at
RidgeWood Bottle & Tap
on 17 Jan 2026
at 08:25
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 oz. can, pours a clear copper with a small white head. Aroma brings out bright piney hops, resinous hop oils, and some toasted bready malt. Flavour has punchy piney hops, some resinous notes, and bready malt. Great oily resins and pine on the finish. Excellent old school westie.
Tried
from Can
from
The Beer Junction
on 08 Jan 2026
at 07:39
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
16 oz. can, pours a clear golden with a medium white head. Aroma has some pine, gentle tangy white wine-like hops, and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is super bright, with huge tangy hops, bright pine, gooseberry, and crisp biscuity malt. That NZ Cascade is quite something—super piney, tangy, white wine-like—damn. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
from
Chuck's Hop Shop - Seward Park
on 07 Jan 2026
at 03:03